The Interchangeable/Modular Textile Printing Pod system marks a significant innovation in screen printing, merging manual techniques with textile enhancement in a singular, efficient design. It features a linear, expandable layout of printing Pods that optimize workspace by aligning along the perimeter, freeing central areas for broader use. Each Pod, equipped with versatile stations, connects via a Rail & Trolley mechanism, supporting seamless movement of heating attachments like Flash Heaters and Heat Presses across Pods. This design not only conserves space but also enhances workflow, enabling swift transitions across printing tasks. Ideal for space-constrained environments, this adaptable and scalable system offers a modern solution to diverse screen printing needs, embodying efficiency and flexibility in printmaking technology.

The Interchangeable/Modular Textile Printing Pod system marks a significant innovation in screen printing, merging manual techniques with textile enhancement in a singular, efficient design. It features a linear, expandable layout of printing Pods that optimize workspace by aligning along the perimeter, freeing central areas for broader use. Each Pod, equipped with versatile stations, connects via a Rail & Trolley mechanism, supporting seamless movement of heating attachments like Flash Heaters and Heat Presses across Pods. This design not only conserves space but also enhances workflow, enabling swift transitions across printing tasks. Ideal for space-constrained environments, this adaptable and scalable system offers a modern solution to diverse screen printing needs, embodying efficiency and flexibility in printmaking technology.

A method of screen printing positionally synchronizes a plurality of pallet assemblies on a first screen printing machine with a plurality of pallet assemblies on a second screen printing machine. A screen printed garment having a properly aligned first image received from the first screen printing machine is transferred on a portion of one of the pallet assemblies on the first screen printing machine to one of the plurality of pallet assemblies on the second printing machine. The properly aligned first image on the garment is in proper positional alignment with a screen printing head on the second screen printing machine such that a second image complimentary to the first image is printed on the garment in proper position on the garment relative to the first image without user intervention to positionally locate the first image relative to the screen printing head on the second machine.

A printing system for printing substrates, in particular printed circuit boards, includes a printing device having at least one printing table and a printing template assigned to the printing table. The printing system further includes a first pair of first slide elements and a second pair of second slide elements for aligning a substrate on the printing table. The first pair of first slide elements can be displaced counter to one another along a first axis. The second pair of second slide elements can be displaced counter to one another along a second axis, which differs from the first axis. A drive device is assigned to each pair for simultaneously displacing the slide elements thereof.

A printing apparatus for printing workpieces comprises a rotary table supporting first and second platens rotatable between a loading position located in-line between input and output lines. The transfer apparatus is operable to cyclically perform first and second movement operations, in which the rotary table rotates to move the first platen from a loading position to a printing position and vice versa. The platens may be rotatable relative to each other.

Disclosed is a pallet for printing on an article of clothing. The pallet includes a mount plate including a first end and a second end and a top plate including a first end and a second end. The second end of the top plate located at the second end of the mount plate. A gap is between the top plate and the mount plate. A collar plate is located on the first end of the mount plate. The first end of the mount plate extends beyond the first end of the top plate to define a space between the top plate and the collar plate.

A screen printer includes: a substrate holder that holds a substrate; a mask to be contacted with the substrate; an imaging device that images the substrate; an elevation mechanism that moves up the substrate holder at a below-mask-position below the mask based on a result of the imaging to contact the substrate with the mask; a horizontal moving mechanism that moves the substrate holder between the below-mask-position and a retreat position retreated in a horizontal direction from the below-mask-position; a printing head that moves on the mask contacted with the substrate and prints a paste on the substrate via the mask; and a mask cleaner that cleans a lower surface of the mask with the substrate separated from the mask by the elevation mechanism. The imaging of the substrate and the cleaning of the mask are performed with the substrate holder positioned at the retreat position.

A screen printer includes: a substrate holder that holds a substrate; a mask to be contacted with the substrate; an imaging device that images the substrate; an elevation mechanism that moves up the substrate holder at a below-mask-position below the mask based on a result of the imaging to contact the substrate with the mask; a horizontal moving mechanism that moves the substrate holder between the below-mask-position and a retreat position retreated in a horizontal direction from the below-mask-position; a printing head that moves on the mask contacted with the substrate and prints a paste on the substrate via the mask; and a mask cleaner that cleans a lower surface of the mask with the substrate separated from the mask by the elevation mechanism. The imaging of the substrate and the cleaning of the mask are performed with the substrate holder positioned at the retreat position.

A method of screen printing positionally synchronizes a plurality of pallet assemblies on a first screen printing machine with a plurality of pallet assemblies on a second screen printing machine. A screen printed garment having a properly aligned first image received from the first screen printing machine is transferred on a portion of one of the pallet assemblies on the first screen printing machine to one of the plurality of pallet assemblies on the second printing machine. The properly aligned first image on the garment is in proper positional alignment with a screen printing head on the second screen printing machine such that a second image complimentary to the first image is printed on the garment in proper position on the garment relative to the first image without user intervention to positionally locate the first image relative to the screen printing head on the second machine.

A screen printing apparatus includes a pair of clampers that clamp a substrate, a mask plate contacted to the substrate, a pair of squeegees provided above the mask plate vertically, and a squeegee controller that selectively controls one of the pair of squeegees to move in the horizontal direction in abutment against the mask plate so that the selected one of the pair of squeegees slides on the mask plate.